CIERRA WILLIAMS 3RD PERIOD

distinct variant or “option” of a phenotypic characteristic of an organism that may be inherited

passing on of characteristics from parents to offspring

reproduction which involves the fusion of male and female sex cells and produces genetic variation in offspring

OFFSPRING FORM FROM ONLY ONE PARENT AND IT A CLONE OF THAT PARENT

the set of information that controls a trait; code in the DNA

COMPACT STRUCTURE OF TIGHTLY COILED DNA WITHIN THE NUCLEUS CONTAINING THE GENETIC INFORMATION THAT IS PASSED FROM ONE GENERATION OF CELLS TO THE NEXT.

deoxyribonucleic acid; hereditary material in humans

combination of genes in an organism

outward appearance of an organism; regardless of genotype

alternative forms of a gene for each variation of a trait of an organism